A gift, by definition, cannot be earned. It is a pure and voluntary offering of love. Best selling author Larry Barkdull declares, 'Imbedded within each gift, each miracle from God, is something of his character. Miracles teach us that God is aware of us, that he has the power to help, and that he loves us completely.' Gifts is a collection of real life stories meant to provide hope, anchor faith, and demonstrate that prayers are heard. These stories acquaint us with the characteristics of t...

It's 1942 and America is at war. A sense of peril and wartime shortages have reached even the small town of Fort Benton, Montana, where 13-ear-old Ben Colby is growing up. Ben is in love for the first time, with Ellie Beck, a high-school beauty who is three years older than Ben. But that’s not the only dilemma Ben is facing. When he learns that one of his mother’s old boyfriends has moved to town, he worries about what that might mean for his parents’ seemingly shaking marriage. Everyone is n...

Joshua ben Levi, a young Judean shepherd, is in search of a miracle. His wife, Miriam, is expecting their first baby, but complications threaten to take the lives of both mother and child. In desperate need of God’s help, Joshua journeys to the temple in Jerusalem to make an offering and to pray. What follows is a compassionate, emotional story about God’s love as Joshua becomes one of the shepherds chosen to greet the Christ child on the night of his birth. Torn between concern for his wife ...

Like it or not, this is a word-created, word-controlled universe. God established it that way from the very beginning, calling "things which be not as though they were" (Romans 4:17). He set this whole system in motion by speaking into the darkness and saying, "Light be!" and light was (Genesis 1:3). We've been divinely commissioned to change our environment by what we say, to release light in the midst of darkness. Discover what The Word says about your authority and the power to speak to...

In this five-book compilation of the Sons of Encouragement series, New York Times best-selling author Francine Rivers illuminates the lives of five Biblical men who stood behind the heroes of the faith and quietly changed eternity. Aaron, Caleb, Jonathan, Amos, and Silas each faithfully sought after God in the shadows of His chosen leaders. They answered God’s call to serve without recognition or fame. And they gave everything, knowing their reward might not come until the next li...

Imagine your life has been in turmoil since birth. Then, you find your soul mate, the love of your life intending to spend years of marital bless together. Suddenly, you die prematurely.  You awaken to peaceful joy and are embraced in warmth of exceeding love and surrounded by heavenly hosts. Then, you hear your soul mate’s pleas for you to return. What would you do? Would you leave the celestial atmosphere or return to a world of craziness intertwined with the love that you a...

The Hebrews call me prophetess, the Egyptians a seer.But I am neither. I am simply a watcher of Israeland the messenger of El Shaddai.When He speaks to me in dreams, I interpret. When He whispers a melody, I sing.At eighty-six, Miriam had devoted her entire life to loving El Shaddai and serving His people as both midwife and messenger. Yet when her brother Moses returns to Egypt from exile, he brings a disruptive message. God...

In Overcoming Insomnia, Ray Comfort―a former insomnia sufferer―gives common sense and spiritual help for a problem that plagues a large segment of our society. Overcoming Insomnia is not a clinical book. It is practical and spiritual. The author has suffered from insomnia and is not just a person describing it from a medical standpoint.Ray Comfort is a best–selling author who has written more than fifty books, including Overcoming Panic Attacks, The Evidence B...

Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Every Christian knows it is imperative to keep the tongue under control but, sooner or later, finds that he cannot do so himself. Derek Prince provides clear, biblical steps to discipline the tongue so that your words will be spoken for God's glory and your blessing!

Abortion vs. Life for the Embryo and Fetus: A Christian Study on Fetal Development and the Unborn Child in the Bible by Robert Alan King is a book with over 5,700 words. It will examine the evidence and show that according to God, the unborn child is a human being at the moment of fertilization and that God foreknows the child even before conception. It will discuss many pertinent Bible passages as well as various aspects of fetal development, suggesting from the biblical evidence the most...

A modern Christian classic on wrestling with God amidst doubt and disappointment.Once more the pen of Gene Edwards, author of A Tale of Three Kings and The Divine Romance, has crafted a masterfully told and profoundly moving story. The Prisoner in the Third Cell is a book of comfort, told as an unforgettable biblical drama, for those caught up in circumstances they do not understand.As John the Baptist awaits his execution in pris...

James Maloneys start in life was rooted in abuse, rejection, and fear. As a teenager, facing thoughts of suicide, he cried out to God, If Youre real, You're going to have to reveal Yourself to me.Jesus Christ appeared to James in a cloud of glory and told him, I have heard your cry for acceptance. I have heard your cry for reality, and I love you just the way you are.Like many others in this world, James suffered under severe wounds of rejection stemming from physical and e...